Victorian Liberal party left shellshocked after another heavy election defeat

Victorian opposition leader Matthew Guy has urged the state to ‘come together’ after a difficult few years, following his election defeat to Labor’s Daniel Andrews. Photograph: Joel Carrett/AAP

The Victorian opposition, leader Matthew Guy, has conceded the Coalition has “a lot of work to do” after the party lost its third successive election to Labor’s Daniel Andrews.

While Labor’s primary vote fell about 5.6% statewide, the Coalition failed to capitalise on it, with the Liberal party in particular going backwards and recording a primary vote below 30%.